Question of the Day

Should the Electoral College be abolished?

n Fyodor Dostoevsky’s conversation on the nature of evil, set in the mind of a murderer who relives and explores the thoughts, ideas and feelings that drove him to commit the crimes. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Through April 29. Round House Theatre, 4545 East West Highway, Bethesda. $25-$55. 240/644-1100.

Edward III

n The story of Edward III and his son, the Black Prince, who led England in part of the Hundred Years War against France. 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Through April 29. Washington Shakespeare Company at the Clark Street Playhouse, 601 S. Clark St., Arlington. $25-$50. 703/418-4808.

n The story of a Jewish family transplanted from the Bronx to Southern California. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Through April 15. Theater J, 1529 16th St. NW. $15-$45. 800/494-8497.

n The fable is brought to life with large-scale puppets, live actors and marionettes. 3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Through May 25. Classika Theatre, 4041 S. 28th St., Arlington. $12-$15. 703/824-6200.

Meet John Doe

n A musical adaption of Frank Capra’s film that sets a fictitious John Doe amid political and economic corruption. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Through April 29. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. $25-$52. 202/347-4833.

The Pillowman

n A writer’s dark fables come to life and are the only clue to a string of recent murders. 8 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Through April 22. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW. $29-$55. 202/332-3300.

References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot

n A series of strange occurrences take place in a moonlit back yard on the edge of the California desert. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m. Sunday (May 5 and 12 only). April 11-May 12. Rorschach Theatre at the Sanctuary Theatre, 1459 Columbia Road NW. $12-$20. 202/452-5538.

Saving Aimee

n A play based on the life of Aimee Semple McPherson, a woman who went from a humble upbringing to the charismatic founder of the Four Square Gospel Church. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. April 10-May 13. Signature Theatre, 2800 S. Stafford St., Arlington. $37-$63. 703/820-9771.

She Stoops to Comedy

n A comedic play-within-a-play that takes place during a production of William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Through April 22. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, 641 D St. NW. $22-$52. 202/393-3939